Welcome to the Plymouth Truth.
The Plymouth Truth is the web log of Mr. Dan Tyree and Dr. Rodger Smith. Dan is the Superintendent and Rodger is the Assistant Superintendent of Schools for the Plymouth Community School Corporation in Plymouth, Indiana.

Monday, May 24, 2010

On Sunday, May 23, 2010, the Plymouth High School National Honor Society named Josh Martin as "Teacher of the Year". Mr. Martin has been teaching English at Plymouth High School since 2004. Mr. Martin is also the head coach of the boys soccer team for Plymouth High School.

Plymouth Community School Corporation would like to thank Plymouth Education Association for their hard work and dedication to students by raising money to give Danielle Lenne, Cayla Sharp, and Kayla Vanlue each a $1,300.00 scholarship so can continue their education to become teachers.

The English Team's score of 20/25 tied with the 5th highest score in our division in the entire state. The top five teams from each division compete at the state competition; however, the English Team did not qualify due to the tie breaker.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

This Saturday, May 22, 2010, the PHS Acting class will be holding the 14th annual Senior Directed One-Act Competition.

Five One-Acts will be presented throughout the afternoon, with awards afterwards. The performances will be in the PHS Studio Theatre, just behind the auditorium, and are FREE. (There will be a "good will" offering box to help offset the cost of awards.)

Please come to see as many of the shows as you can. The shows are 25-30 minutes each with a 10 minute break between each for set changes. This way the audience can also come and go as they wish.

The Plymouth High School along with several local doctors will be offering sports physicals for athletes entering grades 7-12 at Plymouth High School on Tuesday, July 6, (females) and Wednesday, July 7, (males) starting at 5:00 p.m.

The cost will be $20.00.

Parents & athletes need to pick up their physical forms at the junior high or high school. All forms need to be filled out and signed by their parents in order to receive the physical.

Friday, May 14, 2010

The following are the results from the 2010 BPA National Leadership Conference that was held on May 5th through May 9th in Anaheim, California. PHS qualified a school record 10 members to attend the conference.

Stefan Baird won Plymouth High School’s first Business Professionals of America National Championship in Payroll Accounting. Stefan was also a National Finalist in his other competitive event, Spreadsheet Analysis. Overall in two years as a BPA member, Stefan won a National Championship, finished as a National Finalist in two other events, and finished in the Top 18 in another.

Gage Egierski advanced to National Leadership Conference for the second year in a row, having a very strong performance in 2010. Gage could not attend the 2009 NLC due to a scheduling conflict.

Kaitlyn Brettin advanced to National Leadership Conference for the second time in three years.Kaitlyn finished in the Top 17 both appearances, with a Top 14 finish in 2010.

6 PHS National Qualifiers finished in the Top 14, capping off a very strong NLC performance and the most successful BPA year in PHS history.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Dr. Jay Akridge, Dean of Purdue’s School of Agriculture, took time to meet with Plymouth High School students to discuss opportunities available to them in the Agricultural Sciences. He stressed the importance of skills learned in the classroom as well as extra-curricular programs like 4-H and FFA.

The Agriculture field is ripe with opportunities for students in Food Science, Plant Sciences, Bio-chemical Engineering, Forestry and Land Management, and various aspects of Farm Management and Production Farming. There are more jobs than graduates in most of the programs and this trend is growing, providing a bright future for those who prepare themselves to enter this field.

This Saturday is the (annual spring fund raiser for speech/theatre/broadcasting) HUGE garage sale on the PHS stage... from 7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. The stage will be full of treasures! If you are out and about on Saturday, please stop by and see what we have to sell! If you know anyone who loves garage sales, please spread the word! We want lots of people here on Saturday!! Park in the north parking lot, enter through the loading dock doors.

Also... if you want to clean your closets/garages/attics and make a TAX DEDUCTIBLE donation, we'd be happy to take your goodies! Drop them off after school on Thursday and you will receive a tax donation form.

The Riverside Staff is putting on a Talent Show to raise funds for the school. The event will take place on Friday, May 21, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. in the Riverside Intermediate Gym. You won't want to miss seeing some of your favorite people displaying their many talents on stage...and live!

This show was requested by our PTO, so we consider it a command performance!! For $2.00 you will enjoy an evening of laughter while supporting a worthy cause.

We're also having a Walleye Fish Sandwich fundraiser in advance of the show....just like at the Blueberry Festival! All tickets purchased by May 14th will provide additional funds for our school. Sandwiches are $6 each. Additional food items will also be for sale.

This week the American Music Conference and NAMM announced the winners of the 11th annual "Best Communities in America for Music Education" and Plymouth was selected as one of two communities from Indiana. West Lafayette was the other.

This is the first time Plymouth has ever received this award. Some of our "high marks" for receiving this award were listed as following:

* ENCORE promotes Fine Arts in Plymouth*Strong music classes offered in grades 6-12*HS Band earning a 7th consecutive "All-Music Award" from ISSMA for receiving Gold Awards at every ISSMA event for the school year*HS Band winning a state championship this winter*HS Band, Choir and Orchestra working as a "team" effort and combining forces at music events to promote the overall program*Active music boosters program that raises additional necessary funds*Youth programs (PCYO) funded through community and grant funding*Music courses offered at all grade levels K-12 and music teachers working in all corporation buildings

First Row: Ellen Smith, David Walsh, John Howard, and Jamie Cook; Second Row: Deborah Anders, Shelby Harrell, John Stillson, and Mr. Boyer

The Lincoln Junior High Academic Super Bowl Team participated in the annual Indiana Academic Competition this past Saturday, and the English team brought home the state title, while the Science team finished 7th in the state.

The English team, including Ellen Smith, Jamie Cook, Deborah Anders, Shelby Harrell, John Howard, David Walsh, and John Stillson, correctly answered 23 out of 25 questions. The questions all pertained to this year’s theme: An American Generation: 1964 – 1980. The team had to read a collection of literature from that era, including, among others, Paul Zindel’s The Pigman and The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Fiddler on the Roof, Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” Speech, “Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou, “Cinderella” by Anne Sexton, and “Rain on the Scarecrow” by John Mellencamp. Not only did the team post the highest score in their state class, but they posted a higher score than all other teams in all four classes.

The Science team, including Kyle Barry, Rachel Hartman, Alex Jeffirs, Savannah Mae, Matt Pearson, and Janessa Salazar correctly answered 16 out of 25 questions. They studied scientific issues, including space and underwater exploration and the development of personal computers, that pertained to the same era in history. Congratulations to our future writers and scientists!

You can learn more about 5-Star at www.fivestarlife.org. This worthwhile program is currently mentoring students at Lincoln.

Here's what it's not ...a boring, preachy, predictable program focused on what's wrong with kids todaytough love and scare tacticsa strict curriculum that "mentors" follow like a formulaan after-school quarantine for problem kids

... and what it isengaging, energizing, interactive eventsa face-to-face encounter with your own potentiala way to an alternate reality — one with new purpose and possibilitiesa place to build relationships, values, integrity and self-confidenceOne-day road trips for fun and inspirationcoaches and volunteers who connect with kids